Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4550 15 Aug 2026, 11:23

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 24:54.331 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.993
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.071
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.236
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.677
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.057
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.202
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.838
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.333
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
32.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.469
And the system is very low on memory 4.855
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.152
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.311
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.346
And I free up some memory 0.486
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.391
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.592
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.320
And all tps features are active 9.557
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.565
When I disable the first tps feature 2.426
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.775
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.639
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
13.740
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.367
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.575
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.981
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.113
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.545
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.843
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.707
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 38.192
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.932
When I write some files expected to persist 1.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.546
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:14.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.804
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.229
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.151
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.601
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.658
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 42.164
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.523
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.213
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
40.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.836
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.112
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.692
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.877
When I enable persistence 24.122
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.067
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.476
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.229
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.421
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.457
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
When I cold reboot the computer 6.097
And the computer reboots Tails 34.732
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.394
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 14.373
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.303
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.341
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
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2:6.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.913
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 24.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.319
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.694
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
41.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.877
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.758
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.474
And all notifications have disappeared 8.680
When I delete the persistent partition 2.809
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.965
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.080
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.246
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product
59.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.567
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.423
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.382
And all notifications have disappeared 8.256
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.301
And all tps features are enabled 8.207
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:4.268
And I enable persistence 27.798
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.856
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And persistence is enabled 8.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.873
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.830
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.594
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.877
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.043
When I enable persistence 14.740
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.943
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.904
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.852
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.376
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.286
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.955
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.582
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.689
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 8.804
And all notifications have disappeared 7.742
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.372
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.120
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.155
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.999
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.064
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.165
When I log in to a new session 8.778
And all notifications have disappeared 7.775
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.309
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000